Cruising the listings on ebay I found this 350cc diesel Royal Enfield Bullet. A company out in Colorado promoting the use of biodiesel imported the bike and use it as a demonstrator.
This is obviously no hot rod, but on the other hand, it will run on biodiesel or straight vegetable oil, pretty neat. If [...]
From the monthly archives:
January 2006
The Sportstar just redefined the entire concept of motorcycle powered cars. Look at this! Originally designed as a production racer to compete against Corvettes and Vipers with power from a twin turbo 10,000rpm 960hp V8, the project was put on hold when Grand-Am rules changed and moved toward an emphasis on Daytona prototypes. The car [...]
Kawasaki’s legendary Z1 was a fast and hugely popular bike made for the U.S. market. Everyone knows it displaced 903cc. What many of you may not know is the original design work on the Z1 was for a 750cc version to be released in 1970, which, due to the Honda 750’s introduction, was then changed [...]
By now, most of you are aware of the movie, The World’s Fastest Indian, opening nationwide next month. It’s about Burt Munro, a New Zealander who came to Bonneville multiple times in search of speed. Of course, when you do a movie like this, you need a replica motorcycle, or two, so they went looking [...]
Now that we have guys building rockets like SpaceShipOne, everyone’s getting into the rocket powered game. Tim Pickens happens to be a rocket designer with Orion Propulsion and he got the bug to strap on some thrust but all he had available was a bicycle, so he was off to the garage and wheeled out [...]
Ducati has something to keep those reflexes sharp during the cold weather, a little racing action for your mobile phone, Ducati 3D Extreme. I’ll have to get the reviews from someone else, though, my fingers don’t work that fast on tiny buttons.
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Is this the future? If what the makers of the ENV say is true, it’s coming soon. The ENV hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle by Intelligent Energy is now on display at the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo. Gaijin Biker was on hand to take these photos and talk to the company rep. We’ve [...]
Do you remember the Kawasaki race car? No, I didn’t either. Kawasaki makes powersports products, … motorcycles, personal watercraft, ATVs, they make small engines and power products, industrial equipment, too, … but when did they ever build a race car?
Kawasaki’s Early Years
Few seem to know very much about Kawasaki’s early years in the States. [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
